pladis, the global snacking company behind brands including McVitie’s, Ülker and GODIVA, has today published its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Ramazan Güven, who has 21 years of experience in the industrial bakery technologies sector, has been appointed General Manager of BROTMAS Bakery Machinery. Güven said the company aims to strengthen its position in the domestic market while making the BROTMAS brand more visible and competitive internationally.
FAO has lowered its forecast for global cereal production in 2026 to 2.98 billion tonnes, with worsening maize prospects driving most of the latest downgrade. Although the world is heading for its second-largest cereal harvest on record, restricted Black Sea export routes are expected to leave more wheat in Russia and Ukraine while encouraging importers to diversify their origins.
Türkiye’s exports of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and related products reached $7.9 billion in the first eight months of the year. Pasta exports amounted to $668 million during the same period.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. İlkay Gök, Head of the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts at Istanbul Okan University, says that the future of pasta will be shaped not only by production technologies, but also by changing consumer expectations, functional ingredients, sustainability and effective communication strategies. According to Gök, communicating scientific facts accurately to consumers could position pasta as one of the most powerful functional foods of the future.
The healthy snacks revolution is reshaping not only consumer preferences but also investment and manufacturing strategies across the global food industry. With its low formulation costs, strong value-added potential, and rapidly expanding demand, the Rice Cake category offers manufacturers an exceptional opportunity for fast return on investment when supported by precision engineering, process stability, and flexible production technologies. Sustainable product quality, consistent standardization, and the ability to respond quickly to evolving consumer expectations are becoming the defining factors for long-term success in this fast-growing market.
The Heirloom Wheat Project, carried out by Puratos Türkiye in line with its sustainability vision, was launched in 2023 with the aim of preserving, documenting, and reintroducing Anatolia’s local wheat heritage into production.
Türkiye’s pasta industry today holds a strong position in global markets. Our country exports nearly 1.5 million tonnes of pasta and accounts for around 26% of global pasta exports.
The “Türkiye’s Top 1000 Exporters 2025” survey released by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) provides a clear picture of where production and exports are concentrated within Türkiye’s grain processing industry. The findings show that Türkiye, which continues to lead the world in flour exports while maintaining its position as one of the world’s leading pasta exporters, now relies heavily on the Southeastern Anatolia cluster—particularly Gaziantep—as the driving force behind the sector’s export performance. An examination of the flour, pasta and biscuit companies included in the list reveals that this export success is far from accidental; rather, it is the outcome of a strong manufacturing ecosystem, strategic geography and decades of industrial expertise.
Strategy& has released its latest report, The Future of Food 2.0. Prepared by Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting arm, the study explores the transformation the global food ecosystem is expected to undergo over the next decade and highlights emerging growth opportunities.
Despite its limited agricultural land and a nearly 90% dependency on wheat imports, Japan continues to serve as a global benchmark through its high-tech production model in the flour, bakery, and noodle sectors. In this transition from traditional rice-based diets to modern wheat-based consumption, Japan’s industrial success—ranging from the precise processing techniques of “shokupan” bread to the “instant noodle” innovations that dominate global markets—provides a concrete example of prioritizing value over volume.
At the World Durum and Pasta Forum 2025 in Rome, industry leaders, millers, and policymakers warned that small farm sizes, rising costs, and reliance on imports are putting pressure on Italy’s pasta supply chain. Calls for stronger contracts, quality incentives, and greater cooperation marked the debate on how to safeguard the country’s global pasta leadership.
Production cost losses do not always stem from raw materials, energy or labor. Delayed detection of quality deviations, discrepancies between inventory records and actual shop-floor conditions, and engineering changes that fail to reach relevant processes on time can also drive up hidden costs. Tolga Küçük, IoT Project Manager at IAS, explains how ERP and IoT integration can provide real-time traceability in manufacturing and help prevent scrap, rework, capacity losses and delivery delays.
Every year, millions of tonnes of food are wasted worldwide, with bread and bakery products ranking among the product groups that suffer the highest levels of loss. Especially during the hot summer months, uninterrupted cold chain management, proper storage, and digital traceability play a critical role in safeguarding food safety, extending product shelf life, and reducing waste throughout the journey from farm to table. Effective management of logistics processes directly impacts not only product quality but also sustainable food production and the national economy.
While Türkiye’s cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products sector achieved exports worth $4.8 billion in the first five months of the year, attention was drawn to the 28% decline recorded in Iraq, one of the sector’s most strategic markets.
Known for his work on healthy living and nutrition, Osman Müftüoğlu emphasized that pasta, when consumed properly, is an extremely healthy, economical, and functional food.
The bakery industry is undergoing a new transformation shaped simultaneously by rising costs, sustainability targets and growing demand for clean-label products. At the heart of this change are yeast, enzyme and fat systems, which determine product volume, texture, aroma, freshness and shelf life. Innovations ranging from the digital control of fermentation and application-specific yeast strains to enzyme solutions that replace emulsifiers and sustainable fat formulations are redefining production processes across the industry, from bread and biscuits to croissants and frozen dough.
The protein transformation represents far more than a passing product trend in the bakery and pasta industries; it marks a fundamental global shift that is reshaping the way food is produced. From alternative flours and functional ingredients to AI-assisted formulation technologies and clean-label solutions, this transformation is redefining the future of bakery and pasta products while creating new opportunities for Türkiye to generate higher added value in production and exports.
There are many ways to enjoy muesli. As a compact bar, it even slides into any pocket. Minderleinsmühle is well versed in mastering the process. The organic trailblazer turns grains into high-quality products, including muesli bars.
Packaging as the New era of shelf life and brand value in the bakery and snack ındustries. For industrial bakery, biscuit, snack, and pasta manufacturers, packaging has evolved far beyond being merely a protective shell that shields products from external factors.
Food safety and flour quality used to be discussed mainly in the language of audits, laboratory results and regulatory compliance. Those elements still matter, but they no longer describe the full commercial importance of the subject. For a modern mill, the ability to deliver safe, traceable and consistently performing flour affects customer retention, access to export markets, raw material choices and the cost of daily operations.
Changing consumer expectations in the bakery industry are driving the milling sector toward a new production paradigm. In today’s market, where every product category—from bread and pizza to croissants and industrial bakery products—requires different functional flour characteristics, competitiveness is no longer determined by production capacity alone. Instead, it is defined by technology, data management, artificial intelligence, skilled human resources and personalized quality management. Speaking at the IDMA Global Grain & Milling Forum, Erhan Özmen, Chairman of the Board of Özmen Flour, said that the future of milling will depend on how quickly the industry adapts to the transformation taking place across the bakery sector.
Welcoming more than 8,000 professional visitors from over 120 countries, IDMA Istanbul 2026 brought together the global grain, feed and food processing industries in Istanbul. Held at the Istanbul Expo Center, the exhibition hosted more than 200 brands and created a platform for thousands of B2B meetings, paving the way for nearly $1 billion in new trade and investment opportunities. Running alongside the exhibition, the IDMA Global Grain & Milling Forum added a strong strategic dimension to the event with discussions on food security, global grain trade, digitalization, artificial intelligence, storage, logistics and sustainability.
Africa’s second most populous nation, Ethiopia, is emerging as the continent’s rising grain powerhouse thanks to the remarkable leap it has achieved in wheat production in recent years.
Bringing together agriculture, food, art, economics and science around the same table for three days, the BBM Kitchen Talks left their mark on IDMA Istanbul 2026 under the theme “The Pleasure Collection of Civilization.” Bringing together renowned speakers, industry leaders, academics and professionals on a common platform, the event combined knowledge sharing, gastronomic experiences and industry interaction, becoming one of the most popular attractions of the exhibition. Alongside the talks, freshly prepared pizzas, simits and other bakery products transformed BBM Kitchen from a simple event space into one of IDMA’s social and intellectual hubs.
Agriculture, food, art, economics and science come together at the same table. Sponsored by Özmen Un, BBM Kitchen Talks is preparing to reinterpret humanity’s journey from production to consumption through the perspectives of different disciplines under this year’s theme, “The Civilization Collection of Pleasure.”
The global grain and bakery industry will once again come together at IDMA Istanbul 2026. The latest technologies shaping the grain, feed, pulses and bakery industries will meet in Istanbul, where every key theme of transformation from automation and sustainable production to food safety and digitalization will take center stage.
In BBM Mutfak Talks, we continue to discuss the future of agriculture and food with guests who contribute to the agricultural and food ecosystem.
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15th International Trade Fair for Bakery, Pastry, Ice Cream, Chocolate, and Related Technologies
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